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In our conversation with Dr. Ina Gjikondi, she reflects on the question Christine Merser asks every woman at the end of a Circles of Collaboration interview: if you could share a meal with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Her answer is Barbara Marx Hubbard, a futurist who once challenged President Eisenhower during the nuclear era with a question that feels just as urgent today. Dr. Gjikon...

Christine Merser invites Dr. Ina Gjikondi to expand on an article she wrote about intuition. Ina recalls a moment at the airport when she thought she had lost her ID and stress began to take over. And where was it? In her wallet all along. By pausing, trusting her instincts, and listening to a simple cue from a stranger, a kind of unexpected collaborator, she discovered it was with her. For Ina, t...

As we launch  Circles of Collaboration  from Apricity Publishing, our guest, Dr. Ina Gjikondi, introduces the concept of ecocentrism, the belief that nature itself holds agency and that all beings and elements, human and non-human, exist together in a delicate balance. In other words, we are collaborators with the earth itself. That perspective changes everything. Instead of treating nature as a b...

Our head of Publishing Christine Merser, chats with author and Apricity Publishing client Kathy Aspden about her irritating ability to get more done in a day than anyone Christine has ever encountered. She walks through how she does it. It’s a fun and interesting discussion about habits and to-do lists. (Did you know you shouldn’t make a to-do list?) And Kathy would recommend multitasking while yo...

Ethel Rosenberg. Not guilty. A victim of a patriarchal U.S. government plan (remember Hoover?) to get her husband to confess by putting her on trial. A bad plan gone worse—the destruction of her reputation and motherhood was a deliberate strategy. Do not miss this new take on the Rosenbergs and what really happened. Anne Sebba, a New York Times bestselling author of eleven biographies, is mesmeriz...

Join Christine Merser as she shares her one-on-one interview with the legendary literary figure Warren Adler—the man who named the Watergate complex in D.C. Though he didn’t publish his first book until he was 46, Warren Adler has gone on to pen over 50 novels, 12 of which have been optioned by Hollywood, including  The War of the Roses , starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito...

Anne Sebba, extraordinary  New York Times  bestselling author, talks about the women she has chosen to write about. From Ethel Rosenberg to  That Woman , the Duchess of Windsor, to Mother Teresa—they all have something in common. She sheds light on her writing process, her next book about the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz, and life after loss. Decades of enlightening writing from a woman who has...

With the upcoming launch of Apricity Publishing's  Circles of Collaboration  by Christine Merser and Leslie Grossman, PR powerhouse Patrice Tanaka of Joyful Planet joins Christine for a conversation. Their focus? Two pivotal chapters:  Do the Ask  and  Quid Pro Quo . Do the Ask Asking for what you need isn’t easy for everyone—but Patrice? She’s mastered it since childhood. Hear how she approaches...